lyrics by Sara Groves
I don't want to leave here,I don't want to stay
It feels like pinching either way
And the places I long for the most are the places where I've been
They are calling out to me like a long lost friend
It's not about losing faith, it's not about trust
It's all about comfortable when you move so much
And the place I was wasn't perfect but I'd found a way to live
And it wasn't milk or honey, but then neither is this
I've been painting pictures of Egypt
Leaving out what it lacks
Because the future feels so hard and I wanna go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
And those roads were closed off to me while my back was turned
The past is so tangible, I know it by heart
Familiar things are never easy to discard
And I was dying for some freedom, now I hesitate to go
I am caught between the promise and the things I know
I've been painting picures of Egypt
Leaving out what it lacks
Because the future feels so hard and I wanna go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
And those roads were closed off to me while my back was turned
